Waking up is hard to do (Tate)

[Kyan Walker]

((Psh, he calls JD everything but that. .. also my mind spaced and I was convinced Rivers was his last name.))

Kyan shrugged his shoulders at Guiseppe's words in an 'it happens' sort of way.

"Well, the wound is looking well, Bernardo. I'd keep it covered for a few more days and in about two weeks I think it will be safe to take the stitches out."

"Wonderful," Kyan said without enthusiasm. He wished the damn stitches would just heal already. They were just inconvenient.

Kyan had heard all of this before, though, the last time he'd been in the hospital, except he'd been in the bed of course. That had been back before the intern had asked out his best friend too. He liked JD and hoped, for his sake, that he made Viola happy.

[Tobias Vaughn]

Toby was glad that Kyan was healing up nicely. He was still upset about the way things were left between him and Tate. He was also kind of afraid of what Tate might end up doing if left alone with Ravi for too long.

"Kyan, could you do me a favor?" he asked, motioning him over. "Could you go talk to Ravi or something? I kind of needed to talk things out with Tate before there's any more interference and stories start to change," he said, hoping that Kyan understood. He appreciated that he had come down here to check on him, but he knew that Kyan might come back, or would at least be there when Toby returned 'home'. Tate, however, well... their friendship was hanging by a thread at this point. He just needed some alone time to sort things out with his old friend...

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan walked over towards Toby, giving JD a playful smack on the ass. The intern grinned and chuckled awkwardly and continued checking Toby's vitals. At Toby's request, he nodded and slid a hand along his arm gently.

"Yeah, I'll send Sumner in," he said, pulling his shirt back over his head and gingerly pulling it over the stitches.

He headed out of the room and once in the hall, he jerked his thumb towards the room. He glanced over at Tate.

"Toby wants to talk to you," he said in an almost grudging voice. He knew that Tate had a hand in Toby ending up in that bed. He glanced over at Ravi with a look as if to say, don't you go anywhere yet.

[Ravi Malone]

Ravi and Tate were still having some heated words ((?)) when Kyan came out and told Tate Toby wanted to talk to him. Ravi had been so consumed in his argument with Tate that he hadn't even notice Kyan go into the room. His stomach did an awkward flip flop when Kyan gave him a stern look; he knew he was in deep shit. Kyan was going to yell at him for his prank and Toby getting blamed for it. How was he supposed to know they'd blame Toby? Obviously the wrestling team was full of a bunch of dumb assholes if they thought Toby would do something like that.

Ravi wasn't going to let Kyan yell at him again like he was a child. He had admitted it was him, Ravi, who had done the prank. Kyan yelling at Ravi wasn't going to change anything. At least Ravi had done something in Toby's defense, even if it did backfire. Ravi leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, ready for what Kyan had to say to him. Even though he was trying to not be a push over or a pussy anymore, Ravi knew some how, whether it was now, hours from now, or days from now, he was going to end up crying over this.

[Kyan Walker]

Once Tate had gone inside, Kyan turned to Ravi, his arms crossed and his eyebrows raised. He sighed and rubbed his temples with his right thumb and index finger.

"So. . ." he said in a forced calm voice. "You decided to play Nemesis*? I'm not going to patronize you anymore. . .but why the hell do you keep interfering with Toby's life?"

((*Demi goddess of vengeance in case you didn't know))

[Ravi Malone]

"I'm not interfering with Toby's life!" said Ravi boldly, but still unable to meet Kyan's eyes. Instead he gazed at the floor, feeling his face steadily grow red. "I-I just, what the team did to Toby wasn't right! I just didn't wanted them to be able to get away with being homophobic pricks! Besides, how was I supposed to know they'd think Toby did it?" Ravi finally looked up, revealing how red his face had become. He truly felt bad for why Toby was in the Hospital because he knew it was his fault.

"I mean, aren't friends supposed to defend friends?" said Ravi. He wasn't trying to be a smart ass, he was just still genuinely confused about the whole 'friend' thing. Kyan had said they were friends now and he assumed the same from Toby. He just didn't like it when people were mean to his friends.

[Sumner Tate]

((I have no idea what I would have said to you, Ravi, so I'm leaving it out and just going back inside))

Tate reentered the darkened room, hands running over his short hair. He needed to keep his hands busy; moments ago they were shaking with anger, now... now he didn't know why they were shaking, but they sure as hell were.

"Well... well, I didn't hurt him," he said, voice as low as his head. "Did you want something further from me?"

It was difficult for Tate to believe that Toby wanted to speak to him again - if their positions were reversed, he wouldn't waste whatever precious energy he had on himself. Perhaps Kyan had made a mistake, perhaps Toby just wanted him to leave...?

[Kyan Walker]

"There's a difference between defense and revenge," Kyan countered. "Toby didn't want to get back at them, or I'd have been all over there asses in a heartbeat."

He sighed again and leaned his weight against the wall, glancing back at the hospital room door.

"You've got to start thinking things through. The Wrestling team has no idea who the fuck you are," he said. "But Toby had every reason to be pissed off and pull a stunt like this."

[Tobias Vaughn]

"Well... well, I didn't hurt him. Did you want something further from me?"

Toby wasn't exactly sure what he wanted from Tate. Of course, Toby didn't blame him for just wanting to get the hell out of there. He and the other wrestlers had barely given Toby a chance to defend himself, and when he had tried to explain they didn't listen to him. They didn't believe him. Just the same, Toby was a wrestler too. He knew how some of those guys could get, and he knew the pressure put on Tate as the temporary Captain was a lot to deal with.

"Yeah... I just... just didn't want to leave things like this," he said, wincing slightly as he tried - this time more successfully - to prop himself into a more upright position. He felt so weak and helpless lying down like that. There had been so much drama already that he didn't want to let it stew over the next few days while he was in here (or at home resting). "Listen, Tate..." he started, looking into his friend's face even though he seemed to be avoiding his gaze. "I see how you guys thought it was me. You did what you had to for the sake of the team. I don't blame you," he said, stressing those last four words. "You didn't want a mutiny on your hands. It was a fuckin' crappy way to deal with it," he admitted with just a hint of bitterness. "But I understand."

Toby wasn't excusing Tate or Mike for what they did to him, but he saw how they thought they were doing the right thing. Just like Ravi had thought he was doing the right thing. He figured Tate must've felt pretty bad about not believing him, and so Toby didn't want him to feel any worse about it than he needed to. The whole situation was pretty fucked up...

[Ravi Malone]

Toby didn't want to get back at them, or I'd have been all over there asses in a heartbeat.

"But I knew you couldn't because you're still weak from getting stabbed!" Ravi burst out uncontrollably. His face grew even redder and he stared at the floor. He knew it wasn't the best thing to say; obviously Kyan was the type of person who didn't like to be reminded of a weakness. It was true though; Ravi didn't want Kyan to risk getting hurt again so he had to do something himself. "I-I-I, just wanted to be the one to actually do something for once. . ." Ravi said quietly. He knew if he go all mushy that Kyan would just shoot him down like usually.

You've got to start thinking things through. The Wrestling team has no idea who the fuck you are, but Toby had every reason to be pissed off and pull a stunt like this

Ravi kept his eyes on the floor. It was true; he hadn't been thinking. He just remembered revenge of the nerds and had at it. His thought process had been something along the lines of; Toby-upset-Wrestles- assholes- balls on fire. Looking back Ravi realized how irrational he was being, but he couldn't just admit it! He was tried of always being the one who was wrong! Couldn't one of his plans just work for once?

"Wouldn't they have known this i-is something Toby wouldn't do!" said Ravi desperately, "It's not even something I would normally do! I mean, don't they know him well? I-isn't that Tate jerk suppose to be Toby's best friend? I don't see you yelling at him! He's the reason Toby is in the hospital! I might have pulled the prank, but I didn't punch Toby!" Ravi looked up at Kyan, his face red for another reason now. He was starting to get defensive, but in a childish way. The situation seemed very unfair to him; he was getting blame for everything when he thought he only deserved part of the Blame. He wasn't the dumb asshole who thought Toby pulled the prank. "It's not my fault that most of the wrestling team is retarded." Ravi mumbled more to himself than to Kyan.

[Kyan Walker]

Kyan's face tightened visibly when Ravi claimed he was too weak to do anything about Toby.

"The stitches wouldn't have made a difference," he retorted.

"I-I-I, just wanted to be the one to actually do something for once. . ."

"That would have been fine if you were just standing up for yourself," Kyan said.

Kyan listened as Ravi tried to shift the blame onto Sumner, asking why he wasn't getting yelled at.

"I'm not yelling at anyone, that's your parent's job, not mine," he told Ravi. "And right now Toby's dealing with what Sumner did to him."

[Ravi Malone]

Ravi was running out of ways to defend himself and was starting to feel like he was being backed into a corner. Not only that, he was starting to feel the tears coming. Kyan hated him. And so did Toby! Why couldn't Ravi do anything right? All he wanted to do was maybe give Toby a laugh at the expense of the the wrestling team for what they did. If Ravi had known all this would happen he never would have done it. Now Toby and Kyan hated him and probably never wanted to be friends with him again! What was the point of arguing with Kyan if all it was going to do was make him hate Ravi even more.

"I got to go!" burst out, obviously upset. When he turned away from Kyan he wiped at his eyes with his sleeve in frustration. Why did most of his encounters with Kyan have to end with him crying?